FirstSearch WorldCat: a show and tell session

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The Catalogs Meow WorldCat
May 4, 2007 WAPL

Sarah Hartman, Middleton Public Library Kirsten
Houtman, WiLS
Sue McGrath, Racine Public Library
Sue Mobley, Reedsburg Public Library
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Agenda

• Brief explanation of WorldCat/ BadgerCat
• How is BadgerCat/WorldCat used in 3 public
  libraries
• - Sue Mobley, Reedsburg Public Library
• - Sue McGrath, Racine Public Library
• - Sarah Hartman, Middleton Public Library
• WorldCat.org
• Questions

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What is BadgerCat?

• BadgerCat is a special presentation of OCLC
  WorldCat that creates a Wisconsin view of
  WorldCat with the holdings of nearly 500
  Wisconsin libraries.

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What is WorldCat?

• WorldCat is the worldwide union catalog created
  and maintained by over 9,000 member institutions.
  It contains almost 82 million bibliographic and
  ownership records of contributing libraries. It
  is the largest and most comprehensive database of
  its kind.

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Who is in the group?
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Public Libraries in BadgerCat/WorldCat as of
April, 2007
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3 Librarians talk about BadgerCat and WorldCat
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WorldCat Basic Training
Sue Mobley, Reedsburg Public Library
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Who do we need to train?

• Reference Staff
• In smaller libraries, these staff members are
  less likely to be professionally trained
  librarians.
• Staff dont always have time to play with new
  databases.
• Public
• The public is often amazed to learn that they
  can look at the holdings of other library systems
  as well as their own.

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Why worry about training?

• Training ensures that staff and public alike are
  getting the most from WorldCat AND from the
  library!
• What staff dont understand they wont use.
• What staff dont use they wont be comfortable
  with.
• What staff arent comfortable with they wont
  recommend to the public.

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Staff Training
Goal 1 To make staff more aware of
Worldcat -Versatility of Database -Availability
of Features -Ease of Use Goal 2 To encourage
staff to use WorldCat Goal 3 Teach staff how
to train the public in WorldCat
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Staff Training Ideas
Training Sessions - Like today One on One
Practice Reference Skills Worksheets Encourage
staff to familiarize themselves with WorldCat
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WorldCat for Library Patrons
Goals - To make the public aware of WorldCat
features and accessibility - To encourage the
public to use WorldCat in the library and at
home
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Making WorldCat visible to your customers
Increase accessibility on library website Offer
periodic training sessions in the
library Increase visibility awareness with
library signage
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Sue McGrath, Racine Public Library
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WorldCat
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Racine Public Library

• Began using WorldCat March 2005
• Switched to direct borrowing June 2005
• Lend through clearinghouse (Lakeshores Library
  System)

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Example 1
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Example 1 Continued
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Example 2
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Example 2 Continued
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Example 2 Continued
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Sarah Hartman, Middleton Public Library
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WorldCat for Interlibrary Loan

• Began using WorldCat to place requests in
  September 2004
• Switched to direct borrowing in December 2006
• Lend through clearinghouse (Madison Public
  Library)

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WorldCat at the Reference Desk

• Reference staff use WorldCat to
• Support Interlibrary Loan by verifying citations
  and availability Support Interlibrary Loan
• Assist patrons in finding information and
  materials
• Instruct patrons in its use

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Example One
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Example One, cont.
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Example One, cont.
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Patron Use of WorldCat

• Our patrons use WorldCat and BadgerCat to
• Find materials in other libraries
• Make sure an item is owned by other libraries
  before placing an Interlibrary Loan request

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Example Two
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Example Two, cont.
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Example Two, cont.
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Example Three
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Example Three, cont.
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Example Three, cont.
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Open WorldCat

• is a program that makes a limited subset of the
  WorldCat databasefocused on popular
  materialsavailable for harvesting by major
  search engines as well as bookselling and
  bibliographic sites

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Current Open WorldCat partners

• Google, Google Scholar and Google Books
  (google.com, scholar.google.com,
  books.google.com)
• Greenwood Publishing Group (greenwood.com)
• HCI Bibliography (hcibib.org)
• Windows Live Academic search (beta)
  (academic.live.com)
• Yahoo! Search (search.yahoo.com)

• Abebooks (abebooks.com)
• Alibris (alibris.com)
• Amazon.com (amazon.com)
• Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
  (abaa.com)
• Ask.com (ask.com)
• Biblio (biblio.com)
• BookPage (bookpage.com)
• DirectTextbook (directtextbook.com)

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WorldCat.org

• is a destination Web site released in August 2006
  that allows Web users to search the complete
  WorldCat database and link to online catalog
  records and services using the same core
  interface as Open WorldCat.

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WorldCat.org Statistics
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Interface in multiple languages
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Editions
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Open WorldCat WorldCat.org Demonstration
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Statistics for L.E Phillips
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Statistics for SCLS
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Statistics for SCLS
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Statistics for Lakeshores
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Documentation

• BadgerCat Information
• http//www.wils.wisc.edu/wisgroup/index.html
• WorldCat Information
• http//www.oclc.org/worldcat/introduction/default
  .htm
• Open WorldCat Information
• http//www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/default.htm
• WorldCat.org Information
• http//www.worldcat.org/

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If you have any questions

• Sue Mobley (Reedsburg) smobley_at_scls.lib.wi.us
• Sue McGrath (Racine) mcgrath_at_racinelib.lib.wi.us
• Sarah Hartman (Middleton) hartmans_at_scls.lib.wi.us
• Kirsten Houtman khoutman_at_wils.wisc.edu